UNITED STATES v. ROBERTS

No. 74-1485.

503 F.2d 453 (1974)

UNITED STATES of America, Appellee, v. John Anthony ROBERTS, Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit.

Decided October 2, 1974.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert E. Heisler, Clayton, Mo., for appellant.

Michael W. Reap, Asst. U. S. Atty., St. Louis, Mo., for appellee.

Before VAN OOSTERHOUT, Senior Circuit Judge, and HEANEY and STEPHENSON, Circuit Judges.


VAN OOSTERHOUT, Senior Circuit Judge.

Defendant Roberts has taken this timely appeal from a conviction on Count I of an indictment charging he willfully and knowingly possessed a sawed-off shotgun which had not been registered to him in the National Firearms Registration and Transfer Record in violation of 26 U.S.C. § 5861(d),1 and § 5871.2

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